Hall, Dorota

The social significance of religion in the enlarged Europe : secularization, individualization, and pluralization by OLAF MULLER(
)2
editions published
in
2012
in
English
and held by
109 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Researching more precisely the present social relevance of church and religion at different levels, The Social Significance
of Religion in the Enlarged Europe raises and responds to both descriptive and explanatory questions: Can we observe tendencies
of religious decline in the various Western and Eastern European countries? Are we witnessing trends of religious individualization?
To what extent has there been a religious upswing in the last few years? And what are the factors causing the observed processes
of religious change?

Individual choices revisited: Non-heterosexual Christians in Poland(
)1
edition published
in
2015
in
English
and held by
1 WorldCat member
library
worldwide
Drawing on qualitative research among highly educated Polish lesbian, gay and bisexual Christians who do not wish to deny
their sexual inclinations, seeking instead to integrate their sexuality and religiosity, the author addresses (1) their decision
whether to continue to follow Roman Catholicism or seek religious traditions that support such integration, and (2) the choices
related to participation in Penance and Eucharist sacraments by those who continue to follow Roman Catholicism. These decisions
and choices are structurally conditioned: Christian seekers raised in multidenominational settings and people who are geographically
and socially mobile are most ready to challenge the dominant Catholic views on homosexuality and its proscription of the participation
of those who are homosexually active in certain aspects of religious practice. The author calls for recognition that, following
Bourdieu, the religious field should be interconnected with other social fields, specifically with regard to the analysis
of the relationship between religiosity and homosexuality

Religion and homosexuality in the public domain: Polish debates about reparative therapy(
)1
edition published
in
2017
in
English
and held by
1 WorldCat member
library
worldwide
ABSTRACT: In Poland, reparative therapy (i.e. sexual reorientation) evolved as a political project at the beginning of the
2000s. It occupied an almost hegemonic discursive position, dominant in both the conservative and the liberal Catholic press,
and spreading its influence onto secular media outlets. This paper focuses on the press coverage of the reparative approach's
rise and fall, offering an analysis inspired by the discourse theory of Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe. Between 2002 and
2003, the configuration of discursive forces enabled a discursive formation composed of various subject positions that drew
on available symbolic resources (Christian 'care' for homosexual people, family values, national values), promoting the idea
of 'treating' homosexuality. Discourses about reparative therapy also became part of political struggles important for Polish
democracy as a whole and debates such as those about membership in the European Union. This vitalized the articulation of
the LGBT community and their counter positions, which were framed in terms of difference or similarity to religion. Subsequent
antagonistic struggles have disrupted the hegemony of reparative therapy supporters. Although the liberal press, both secular
and Catholic, now distance themselves from reparative therapy, the antagonism between the LGBT community and religion still
dominates the discursive field